Below is a transcribed copy of the Sofia the First episode "The Princess Ballet".
| Speaker | Dialogue |
|---|---|
| Flora | Oh, that's a fantastic dancing daisy, Vivian. Oh, lovely rising rose stalk, Sofia. |
| Princess Sofia | Thank you, Miss Flora. |
| Flora | Everyone's enchanted plants look wonderful. |
| Princess Kari | Some seeds here, a little more there. That's it. |
| Flora | Princess Kari, your singing sunflowers are extraordinarily enchanting. |
| Princess Kari | Thank you, Miss Flora. |
| Princess Sofia | How do you get them to do that? |
| Princess Kari | I figured out that they sing higher or lower depending on how much plant food you give them. See? |
| Prince James | Brilliant. |
| Princess Vivian | Wow! |
| Flora | Excellent work, Kari. |
| Princess Kari | You guys wanna try it? I'll show you how. |
| Princess Zooey | Oh, no! My bouncing bluebells! They're bouncing everywhere! |
| Princess Kari | Hang on. I'll get 'em. Got it. Excuse me. Gotcha. |
| Prince James | Wow! Kari can really catch. |
| Princess Sofia | I guess that's why she was the most valuable player in the dazzleball tournament. |
| Princess Kari | Ah! |
| Princess Amber | Is there anything she can't do? |
| Princess Vivian | Probably not. She's also captain of the gymnastics team. |
| Princess Zooey | And last week, in alchemy class, she was the only student to change chocolate into gold. |
| Flora | Oh, children, we only have a few minutes left of class, so, I want to share some exciting news with you. The day after tomorrow, Royal Prep will be hosting its very first Arts Night. |
| Prince James | What's an Arts Night? |
| Flora | It's when your parents come to school to see presentations of all the artistic things we do here at Royal Prep. Singing, dancing, painting. There are many presentations to prepare, so I'll need all of your help. Now, who would like to put on an enchanted orchestra performance? |
| Princess Zooey | Oh, I would. |
| Flora | Ah! Zooey, Clio, Derek, thank you. And would anyone like to decorate the main hall with student art work? James, Khalid. |
| Princess Vivian | Sounds fun, Miss Flora. |
| Flora | Vivian. Marvelous. The next item on my list... |
| Miss Elodie | Will be presented by yours truly, Miss Elodie. I need some nimble dancers to perform a simple but stunning ballet. Any takers? |
| Princess Amber | Me! |
| Princess Sofia | I'll do it. |
| Miss Elodie | Brava, ladies. Bus this dance requires three performers. Are there any other volunteers? |
| Princess Sofia | You should dance with us, Kari. |
| Princess Kari | I've never done ballet before. |
| Flora | I'm surprised to hear that, Kari. Your mother was the star ballerina when she was a student at Royal Prep. She was remarkable. |
| Princess Kari | Yeah, I know. Guess I just never had the time to try it. |
| Princess Sofia | Well, now's your chance. We can help you learn the steps. Amber and I have taken a few classes. |
| Princess Amber | And knowing you, you'll probably be a prima ballerina by the end of our first rehearsal. |
| Miss Elodia | Just like your mother. |
| Princess Kari | All right. I'll do it. |
| Miss Elodie | Perfect. I have my three ballerinas. Meet me in the dance studio for practice after lunch. |
| Flora | Be sure to give your parents these invitations to Arts Night. It's an event they won't want to miss. |
| Miss Elodie | Gather around, budding ballerinas. Before we begin rehearsal, let me offer you some words of advice from my very favorite ballet teacher, the world famous Sergio Adagio. He said, "In ballet, you dance not just with arms and legs, but with a joyful heart." Now, let me show you the routine I've choreographed for Arts Night. We will start with a pirouette. Then an arabesque. Into a glissade. |
| Princess Kari | That looks tricky. |
| Miss Elodie | And we'll end with a grande jeté! |
| Princess Kari | Uh, Miss Elodie, we're supposed to learn all those moves in two days? |
| Miss Elodie | Don't worry. We'll learn it bit by bit. Let's begin with the first move in our routine. The pirouette. |
| Princess Sofia | This move is pretty easy, Kari. You put your feet like this, and just lift up your leg and spin... Whoa! Like that. Only better. |
| Princess Kari | Got it. Here goes. Whoa! |
| Princess Amber | It's okay, Kari. It won't be long before you're just as good as your mom. |
| Princess Kari | Look at her, Amber. Her form is perfect. Okay, let me try that again. Sorry. That wasn't good at all. |
| Miss Elodie | No need to apologize, Kari. How do you do this without getting dizzy? |
| Princess Sofia | Kari. |
| Miss Elodie | Are you all right? |
| Princess Kari | I'm okay, I'm okay. Let me just try it again. |
| Princess Amber | Ooh, recess. Oh, my favorite part of the day. |
| Princess Kari | Go on without me. I'm gonna stay and work on this move. |
| Miss Elodie | All right, Kari. But you should know, you're doing wonderfully for your first ballet lesson. |
| Princess Sofia | Come on, Kari. You can take a little break. |
| Princess Kari | No, not just yet. I really wanna do a perfect pirouette. |
| Princess Sofia | But it doesn't have to be perfect. |
| Princess Kari | Yes, it does. I've gotta keep practicing. |
| Princess Sofia | Okay. |
| Flora | My, Zooey, what a lovely sculpture. |
| Princess Zooey | Do you really like it? I made it out of all these cool old things I found at home. It's an elephant. |
| Flora | So it is. Very creative. |
| Princess Zooey | Wait. Hold on. I have to add the final touch. There. |
| Flora | Excellent. And here are my hall decorators. I leave it to you to turn this hall into an enchanting gallery of student art. |
| Princess Zooey | Don't forget to find a good spot for my sculpture. |
| Prince James | You got it. |
| Prince Khalid | Okay, guys, let's get to work. |
| Prince James | Um, any brilliant ideas on where Zooey's lion sculpture should go? |
| Princess Vivian | That's not a lion. It's a castle. |
| Prince Khalid | You mean a dragon. See all the scales? |
| Prince James | Whatever it is, let's move it over there by the bench. It's so heavy. |
| Princess Vivian | Oh, no! |
| Prince James | We broke the lion. |
| Princess Vivian | You mean castle. |
| Prince Khalid | You mean dragon. |
| Princess Vivian | Come on, we've gotta put it back together before Zooey sees it. |
| Flora | Students, remember to give your parents their invitations for Arts Night. |
| Princess Sofia | Don't look so worried, Kari. We still have tomorrow and the next day to learn the routine. |
| Princess Kari | I know. I just hope it's enough time. See ya, Sofia. |
| Queen Tessa | Kari, my little superstar. How was your day? |
| Princess Kari | Hi, Mom. |
| Queen Tessa | What's that? |
| Princess Kari | It's nothing. Nothing at all. |
| Queen Tessa | But I think it has my name on it. Let me have a look. "You are cordially invited to Royal Prep's first annual Arts Night." Oh, how charming. What will you be performing, Kari? |
| Princess Kari | A ballet. |
| Queen Tessa | That's wonderful! I can't wait to see you leap and spin just like I used to. |
| Princess Kari | The thing is, I haven't really gotten the hang of leaping or spinning yet. |
| Queen Tessa | I'm sure you're going to make me so proud. You always do. |
| Miss Elodie | Good morning, my prancing princesses. Ready for rehearsal? Oh, I see rehearsal's already started. |
| Princess Kari | I got here early to practice. |
| Princess Amber | Sofia, she's really serious about this. |
| Princess Sofia | Too serious. Let's try to help her have some fun. |
| Princess Kari | Whoa! Uh... uh... |
| Princess Sofia | That was great. |
| Princess Kari | What are you talking about, Sofia? I totally messed up the pirouette. |
| Princess Sofia | But you made up a really fun dance move instead. Let's call it the Kari Hop. |
| Princess Amber | Ooh, look, I can do the Kari Hop, too. Watch me! |
| Princess Kari | Okay, looks like fun. |
| Miss Elodie | This is a hoot. |
| Flora | Marvelous moves, dancers. Very spirited. |
| Princess Sofia | Thank you, Miss Flora. |
| Flora | I need to speak with Miss Elodie for a moment, but do carry on. Your parents are going to just adore this. |
| Princess Kari | Okay, let's get back to practice. My parents are coming to see me do ballet, not some silly hop. |
| Princess Amber | Ooh! |
| Princess Sofia | Ah! |
| Princess Kari | Oh, I'll never get it in time. |
| Princess Sofia | It's okay, Kari. |
| Princess Kari | It's not okay.
♪ What is my mom gonna say Oh! ♪ From that to baking pies Oh! ♪ Gotta reach a higher height |
| Princess Sofia | ♪ You don't need to be number one |
| Princess Kari | ♪ I've got no choice |
| Princess Sofia | ♪ As long as it makes you smile |
| Princess Kari | ♪ But I've got no choice |
| Princess Sofia | Kari, you did it! |
| Princess Kari | I did.
♪ Now I can rejoice |
| Miss Elodie | Yes! That was some marvelous pirouetting. Congratulations. |
| Princess Kari | Finally. Oh, I was starting to think I'd never get it. |
| Miss Elodie | Now we can start working on the other dance moves in the routine. |
| Princess Kari | Other dance moves? |
| Miss Elodie | Yes. Remember? After the pirouette, you girls will arabesque, glissade, and then grande jeté. |
| Princess Kari | But it took me so long to learn one move. How will I ever learn all those others by tomorrow night? There's not enough time. |
| Princess Sofia | Sure there is. We can do it. |
| Princess Kari | Maybe you and Amber can. You've taken ballet before. But this is really hard for me. |
| Miss Elodie | I think you're gonna do fine, Kari. But if you want some extra help, I can ask my old teacher, Sergio Adagio, to give you a special lesson. He's the best there is. |
| Princess Kari | Really? You could do that? |
| Princess Sofia | We could invite him to our castle. We have a big ballroom there. |
| Princess Amber | Oh, Sergio will get you dancing in no time, Kari. |
| Princess Sofia | That's him! Sergio Adagio. |
| Sergio Adagio | My warm-up is complete. |
| Princess Kari | That was just a warm-up? |
| Princess Sofia | We really want to thank you for making time to do this, Signore Adagio. |
| Princess Amber | So we brought you these. |
| Sergio Adagio | It is my pleasure. When it comes to ballet, I bend over backwards to help a student in need. Now, my darlings, what is this dancing emergency of yours? |
| Princess Sofia | Our friend needs to learn to arabesque, glissade, and grande jeté. |
| Princess Amber | And she needs to learn them fast. |
| Princess Kari | I don't know how to do any of those moves. |
| Sergio Adagio | I am very glad to hear that. |
| Princess Kari | You are? |
| Sergio Adagio | Absolutely. It means you're like a shapeless lump of clay. A shapeless lump of clay I can mold into a chiseled statue of greatness. Let us begin with a grande jeté. Like so. Now you try. Hmm. I see this will require some special training. I shall need something challenging that Princess Kari can practice jumping over. |
| Princess Sofia | I've still got some enchanted plant food from class. I can make these bluebells bounce. Will that work? |
| Sergio Adagio | Perfectly. Now jeté over the bluebells, Princess Kari. Jeté like you have never jetéd before. |
| Princess Kari | Oh! Whoops! Oh! |
| Sergio Adagio | Stop. Wait. Hold everything. |
| Princess Kari | What's wrong? |
| Sergio Adagio | That, my dear, was an absolutely wonderful grande jeté. |
| Princess Kari | Really? |
| Princess Sofia | Really. |
| Princess Kari | Oh, I can't believe it. |
| Sergio Adagio | Now we move on to the arabesque. Mmm... a noble effort. But, for a proper arabesque, you must stretch out much further. Now, use these to dust this table, and this chair. Stretch your arm forward. Lift your leg back. And dust, and dust. And you missed a spot. |
| Princess Sofia | Kari, you're doing it. You're doing an arabesque. |
| Princess Kari | I am. This is fun. |
| Sergio Adagio | And now, I will teach you the glissade. Watch how I do it. But please, hold your applause until the end. Now glissade to the right, and ring this bell. Now over there, and ringy-ding ding. |
| Princess Sofia | You're doing great, Kari. |
| Princess Kari | Thanks. I'm really getting the hang of this now. |
| Sergio Adagio | Just remember, girls. In ballet, you dance not just with arms and legs, but with a joyful heart. |
| Prince James | Guys. Guys, look at this. I'm pretty sure this mop was the mane on Zooey's lion sculpture. |
| Princess Vivian | I'm not so sure, James. In fact, I'm not so sure that mop was even part of the sculpture. |
| Prince Khalid | Yeah. I think it fell out of the janitor's closet. |
| Prince James | Oh, yeah. But I still say it's a lion. |
| Princess Vivian | Castle. |
| Prince Khalid | Dragon. |
| Miss Elodie | Let's get started right away, girls. This is our final rehearsal before the big show tonight. |
| Princess Kari | Miss Elodie, thank you so much for setting up the lesson with Sergio yesterday. He was amazing. |
| Miss Elodie | My, my. You certainly learned the way to grande jeté. |
| Princess Kari | I can even glissade and arabesque. |
| Miss Elodie | It looks like you girls are ready to rehearse the entire routine. Remember, we start with the pirouette. |
| Princess Kari | Oh... Oh! |
| Princess Sofia | Kari, are you okay? |
| Princess Kari | No. I could do a pirouette before. Why did I mess it up now? |
| Princess Amber | Because it takes a lot of practice to get it right every time. |
| Princess Sofia | And we haven't worked on it in a while. |
| Miss Elodie | Once more then. |
| Princess Kari | Okay. Let me try again. |
| Miss Elodie | Very nice. |
| Princess Kari | This is awful! I can't get it right. |
| Princess Sofia | But you almost had it. |
| Princess Kari | My parents will be watching tonight. I don't wanna almost do it. It has to be perfect. I'm sorry. I don't think I can be in the show. |
| Princess Sofia | Kari. Wait! |
| Prince James | Well, the good news is, this is definitely the best dragon-lion-in a castle I've ever seen. |
| Princess Vivian | But that's not what Zooey made. |
| Prince Khalid | Yeah. She is not gonna be happy. |
| Prince James | You're right. Uh-oh, here she comes now. |
| Prince Khalid | Quick. Hide the dragon-lion. |
| Princess Zooey | Hi, guys. The hall looks great. |
| Prince James | Thanks. |
| Princess Zooey | Uh, is that my sculpture? |
| Prince James | What sculpture? |
| Princess Vivian | Where? |
| Prince Khalid | I don't see any sculpture. |
| Princess Zooey | That one right there. What happened to my elephant? |
| Prince James | So that's what it was. |
| Princess Vivian | Okay, Zooey, the thing is, we accidentally knocked over your sculpture and it fell apart. |
| Prince James | So we put it back together. |
| Prince Khalid | But, the bad news is, some things might not be in exactly the same place as you had them. |
| Prince James | Or even close. |
| Princess Vivian | We are really sorry. |
| Princess Zooey | I can't believe what you did. It looks even better than before. |
| Princess Vivian | It does? |
| Prince Khalid | But it's totally different. |
| Princess Zooey | It doesn't matter. Making it was the fun part. |
| Princess Vivian | That's true. |
| Prince Khalid | It was. |
| Prince James | Yeah. Hey, do you have any other sculptures you want us to mess up? |
| Princess Sofia | Kari, come back! |
| Princess Kari | What's the point? I just can't do it, Sofia. |
| Princess Sofia | Watch out. |
| Princess Zooey | Stop! |
| Princess Kari | No! I messed up something else. I'm ruining Arts Night. |
| Princess Sofia | It's okay. Everyone makes mistakes. |
| Princess Zooey | And we can just put the sculpture back together. |
| Prince Khalid | We did it before. |
| Prince James | It's really fun. |
| Princess Sofia | It's just like with dancing. Doing it is the fun part, even if you don't do it perfectly. |
| Princess Kari | But my parents... |
| Princess Sofia | Will see you having a great time dancing in the show. You think ballet's fun, don't you? |
| Princess Kari | Yeah, I really do. The last few days have been great, when I wasn't getting all mad at myself. |
| Princess Sofia | Then stop worrying and just do the show because it's fun. |
| Princess Kari | Okay. I'll do it. |
| Princess Sofia | Great. Let's go change. |
| Flora | Oh, I hope you all enjoyed the art exhibit in the hall. Now, onto the next Arts Night presentation. |
| Miss Elodie | Ladies and gentle kings, may I present to you Princess Sofia, Princess Amber, and Princess Kari! |
| Princess Kari | There's my mom and dad. |
| Princess Sofia | Just remember what Sergio said. In ballet, you dance not just with arms and legs, but with a joyful heart. |
| Princess Kari | Right. Ugh! |
| Queen Tessa | Kari! |
| Princess Sofia | Uh-oh. |
| Princess Amber | She's doing the Kari Hop! |
| Princess Sofia | Let's do it, too. |
| Queen Tessa | Oh, fabulous. |
| Miss Elodie | Brava, girls. |
| Princess Kari | Mom, Dad, I'm sorry. |
| King Oberlyn | Whatever for? |
| Princess Kari | I made all those mistakes. My arabesque was wobbly, I completely flubbed my pirouette. |
| Queen Tessa | We don't expect you to do everything perfectly. |
| Princess Kari | But, Mom, you were such an amazing ballerina. I just wanted to do as well as you. |
| Queen Tessa | The most important thing is you did as well as you could. We're so proud of you, Kari. |
| Princess Kari | Thanks, Mom. |
| Princess Amber | Kari! Oh, people are asking if you can show them how to do the Kari Hop. |
| Queen Tessa | Do you mean that adorable dance move you were doing? I'd like to learn that. |
| King Oberlyn | Me, too. |
| King Roland II | I'm in. |
| Princess Kari | Okay, just go like this with your arms, and hop on your leg like this. |
| King Oberlyn | Ooh, I'm doing it! |
| King Roland II | Why, it is fun. |
| Queen Tessa | I'm having trouble with the Kari Hop. |
| Princess Sofia | Yes, but you invented a new move. The Queen Tessa Trot. |